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250: Diana Gannett on her musical journey

Diana Gannett

Diana Gannett may be the most thoughtful double bass teacher I’ve ever encountered.

I find her approach to teaching comprehensive and nuanced. Talking with her, I instantly see how she incorporates everything from group warm-ups to Aikido principles on her website. Believe me, every bassist should have this site bookmarked!

But she’s not just a great teacher—she’s a jaw-droppingly talented performer.

You have to hear her sound to believe it. She energizes every note she plays with this magnificent and distinctive tone.

We go deep into her approach to teaching and also feature excerpts from her wonderful solo album Lady Bass. I know you’ll enjoy this episode!

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Links to check out:

Diana’s website

Lady Bass (solo album)

Diana’s Practice Room resources (bookmark these!):

249: Hugh Sung on Musical Entrepreneurship

Hugh Sung

Hugh Sung is the ultimate musical entrepreneur.

After years spent teaching at the Curtis Institute of Music, Hugh co-founded AirTurn, a company that produces pedals designed to turn pages on a tablet device.

Hugh is also an author. In fact, he wrote From Paper to Pixels as a result of using tablet devices for reading music.

Now Hugh has moved into the world of podcasting with his show A Musical Life, getting a quarter of a million downloads in only a few months.

In addition, he recently launched A Musical Life Mastermind, a membership site devoted to helping musicians explore opportunities to grown their career.

Learn how he does all of this and much more in this interview!

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Links to check out:

Hugh’s website

A Musical Life (podcast)

A Musical Life Mastermind

AirTurn

248: Peter Seymour on Hard Work

photo credit Project Trio – www.projectrio.com

Teaching improvisation is like Fight Club.

The first rule of teaching improvisation is you don’t talk about improvisation!

That’s Project Trio’s approach, and it’s totally compelling.

10 years ago, Peter took all the energy and drive he had for the audition circuit and poured into getting Project Trio off the ground. We talked about it back then.

Fast-forward to the present, and the results of this hard work have paid dividends.

Learn about what Peter did and the results he got in this interview!

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Links to check out:

Project Trio website

YouTube channel

247: Danny Ziemann on Jazz Bass Lines

Photo by Nadine Sherman

Danny Ziemann couldn’t find a book on bass lines that worked for him.

So he created The Low Down.

Now he’s released his second volume, and he’s looking to expand way beyond that.

Danny is committed to teaching the fundamentals in a clear, step-by-step process. It’s a fresh approach to jazz bass pedagogy from the mind of a committed music educator.

Learn more about this dynamic young musician in this interview!

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Links to check out:

Danny’s website

The Low Down Vol. 1 and 2

246: Lauren Pierce on YouTube fame

Lauren Pierce

Lauren Pierce started out on the typical music school path.

But something happened along the way.

In the midst of grad school, Lauren decided to quit. She struck out on her own and asked herself a critical question:

What if?

Instead of grad school, Lauren decided to:

put dozens of videos on YouTube
learn how to write code
build up a worldwide social media following
start a membership site
create video courses
teach Skype lessons

Learn how taking the road less traveled helped Lauren launch her career in this interview, and check out her rockin’ performance of Zigunerweisen below:

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Check out these links:

Lauren’s website

Lauren’s YouTube channel

Lauren’s teaching site

Bowing course on Discover Double Bass

Codeacademy